Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-08-10
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The heBds of the saw dust gangs
says. the New York Post, have de
vised a new scheme to defraud- and
, Iare flooding the mails with letters
land circulars which offered counter
felt money for sale. They have pre-
pared n circular IN which 1t Is stated
|. that money has been left to the per
son to whom the letter Is sent by {
distant relative and that the legacy
can be secured by the payment of s
certain sum Of money to an agent
The circulars are printed on the eye
Iograph and one Of the forms is a
follows
/ Nrv YoEK. July >, ISST-Dear Sir;
\ distant relative of yours has died
IN this city and has left $1,000 to you
The money i deposited IN the bank
land awaits your orders, We have
| been given charge Of the estate. AMI
as soon as you can establish your
claim the $1,000 VIII be paid to yOu-
To 10 this you must come 10 New
York and let us see that you are act
ling In good faith. OF course before
YOU can gat tin money YOU VIII have
20 pay the legal expenses, which vI'l
amount to $3.50. This amount it
will be necessary to bring with you.
1t viii be well 10 act quietly about
J the matter. for fear some one may
hear Of Your good luck aud cause
: vuu trouble by laying claim to the
money. We ara vour friend and you
can trust us implicitly Before You
start for New York you had better
|teegr.ph q along the line and we
viii by1 some Gs to meet you You
Ishould come by the New York Cen
traI railroad When YOU arrive IN y.
Y take the elevated road at the sta
tion fare > cents and ride down TO
Fulton street. Go to the United
States hotel and register, and remain
In your room till our agent calls.
Inclosed YOU will find half card on
which is marked F 1lG Il Keep this
and when the agent calls on you he
VIII present the other half Of the
clrd. so that vou viii know that he
Is aIl right. BE mighty careful who
Won talk to. for New York Is a wick /
el city and full of pitfalls and bad !
men. Hoping that you will be able !
to prove everything satisfactory We
remain yours truly, B. LANG.
- Stanton street, New York |
Y B.-Return this letter when
you send an answer.
The name and address is on a sep |
arate piece Of paper, the same as the
old saw-dust letters. When the vic /
tim arrives in New York he Is met /
in his hotel 10y the ''capPer' who con-
ducts him to the Office of the princi- /
pal swindler. There the country /
man after he has shown his credent-
.aI~ and proved that he has the mon
ev 10 pay the commission with, Is ,
shown the 5000. which i done M /.
in packages anI consists Of new bills |
These are counted out and put in q
box and then the victim is instruct
ell to send the soney by express to
his home. Before the box Is taken
from the room 4 duplicate one. con
tanning brick and waste paper, Is
substituted The latter box Is ship
ped by express. and when the victim
arrives at home he finds that his
''legacv" consists Of rubbish
Washington, August "A curious
and interesting relic Of Indian bar
barism was received at the War De
partment few days ago 1. consist
ed OF n necklace of a human fingers.
Originally there were eleven fingers
strung together after the manner of
necklaces Of bears claws, but three
OF them had been lost The ghastly
adornment was captured in an attack
ON the northern Cheyennes IN 1876.
and each finger represented a life
taken by tue owner. the big medicine
man OF the tribe The fingers had
been preserved by opening the skin
removing the bones. ~crapIng away al
the tissues and fatty suuiecting,
replacing the bones and subiectiug
the skin to some process
The necklace was sent TO West
Point by Captain Bourke, WHO'S now
. engaged in preparing some historical
, matter relating TO the Indians j
was brought from West Point here II
, order that it might be reproduced II
paper mache at the Smithsonian In
p stitute. The scientists of that in
! stitution are quite enthusiastic owe
it, regarding 1t as precious specimel
r Of the barbarous habits of the Indian
:. who are now fast disappearing. Wa
G Department officials, however, locke
d lupou it with disgust whenever the
IS ere able to summon mp sIfcien
e hT zitooi to take peep Q. it.
,, Tie Bangor GIe.l Commercial ha
q this; "One day last week man b
II the name of Carson, who lives som,
y where IN the vicinity Of Hancocl
rs was driving along the road In Holder
4 coming to this city. when large bu
Il that had been grazing IN a pastul
T. near by. seeing the team. cleared ii
fence and went at the horse, goriI
him badly in the side and at the san
be time knocking him down. The ms
a was obliged to Jump from his Ct
20 riage and run for his life, as the bJ
he made several attempts TO grind hi
20 lup. But 10 save the life Of his hor
ell he pulled up a fence stake, and ma
II aging 10 get around the team witho
lot the animal seeing him he struck b
ch terrible pillow across heuose, viii
sst brought HIM 20 the ground. He th
les struck him several times again a
he the animal arose and staggered av
an Mr. Carson feels badly about his Lor
OF As IL j. feared that be wIL have %
he killed he was salusi highly and
has VIII be d BIZ lOss o. q poor nan D
he Liuse
all The celehrltld explorer Gre1uf
the Who has Il-t rltumei % Euro
put saws that tbs scarcity ~ food ca
the lower CHu-H. ubarl sr rraa
md eraharrss-.l Stanley aEI compel
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